$40m stone puts a twinkle Gem Diamonds’ eye

The 910 carat stone, dubbed the Lesotho Legend, is of very high quality with few impuritiesGEM DIAMONDS

A huge diamond as big as two golf balls discovered in Lesotho earlier this year has been sold for $40 million, according to the company which found it.

Gem Diamonds said that the 910 carat diamond, the fifth biggest gem quality stone ever found, sold at auction in Antwerp to an unnamed buyer.

Gem Diamonds had announced the discovery of the stone, dubbed the Lesotho Legend, in January.

It was the biggest found so far at its Letseng mine in Southern Africa, which it had acquired in 2006 and is known for producing large and exceptionally pure diamonds. The stone was classified as a D colour Type IIa diamond, meaning it was of very high quality with few impurities.